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  1. Rat Behavior
    I have a rat who is about 9 months old and her older "sister." My younger one lives for playtime--she came out earlier tonight but only bopped around for a few minutes before running back up to the top of her cage. From there, she hung about half her body/head over the edge of the cage and just...
  2. Rat Behavior
    Hi ratto friends! I'm agonizing over this and need to hear other opinions. Info: We have a mischief of 4 boys, all around 8-9 months old. They were all purchased from the same breeder in May 2022, and come from a healthy breeding pool selected for good temperament. There have been no issues...
  3. Rat Behavior
    Hello! I'm new to the forum as I wanted to ask a rat-related question but obviously I couldn't get an answer from general people, so I thought here would be the best place! Here is my situation: Theon, my rat, has a vet appointment on Friday and I was wondering what way would be best to get...
  4. Rat Behavior
    My 2 girls (unknown ages, as the rescue shelter didn't have that info, but one is older than the other for sure) used to be pretty active. Bean, my old gal, loves to climb and hang out on top of the cage. She's always been an explorer, loving her "floor time." Baby often liked to sleep in the...
  5. Rat Behavior
    I've had multiple female rats for 7+ years, and after the passing of my last girl, I decided it was time to try boys. Around 8 months ago, I adopted four male rats, all of whom are brothers and have been living together their whole lives. I recently went on a vacation to visit family for a...
  6. Rat Behavior
    Hello all! First apologies in advance if this post is all over the place, it's early morning and I'm about to go to bed but wanted to get this out there first. TLDR: Trying to match the comfort level of my rats, thinking they're ready for handling and getting mixed results. They tolerate more...
  7. Rat Behavior
    I recently got a new rat. The last few days she has really warmed up to me and loves to sit in my jumper. But last night the cat came into my room and went up to her cage, my cat didn't do anything but the poor baby was frightened. Fast forward to this morning. I've given her her usual treat...
  8. Rat Behavior
    I got my boys (Cookie, Crumble, Custard and Heisenberg) end of April from PAH (Now I know I should have got them from the breeder 😞) I gave them few days to settle, then started to introduce myself to them and handling them in confident way. They've been at first going in snuggle hoodie, then...
  9. Rat Behavior
    I have two boys, Lorenzo and Ludwig. I posted previously about Ludwig not wanting to move from the front of the cage and a few people told me to let them sort it out, including the breeder (a friend of mine). I let them be for another 2 weeks, but they started having scuffles more frequently...
  10. Rat Behavior
    Hi, we are introducing our 1.5yr old Mac to our group of three rats (9months to 1year old) (all male) after his cage mate died. We have been using the carrier method and the first stage seemed to go well as this morning they were all snuggled up together after some aggression from Ted (one of...
  11. Rat Behavior
    Hi all, We're introducing a ~1.5yr old rat (Mac) to our group of three rats who are 9months-1yr old using the carrier method (all four boys are un-neutered). One of the original group behaved (Ted) aggressively towards Mac, fronting on him and getting into small scuffles but overnight they...
  12. Rat Behavior
    so, just a couple days ago I got two 8 month old male rats from someone who needed to rehome them due to an allergy. she said they’re brothers and that they’re super friendly and cuddly. however, they seem to be behaving in a way that none of my googling has put my mind at ease about, and i hope...
  13. Rat Behavior
    One of my rats (Jasper) just died Friday, and I am wondering what to do with his brother Cookie Dough. For some background, Cookie is in perfect health and around 1.5 years old, and has some aggression issues to humans, though he is fine with other rats. I don’t know when or even if I should get...
  14. Rat Behavior
    Hi all, We have three rats who live together in a large enclosure (one of them is slightly older and was bonded to the other two who are brothers), they are very happy in the cage and will play around together, groom each other, sleep in a rat pile, all good stuff. We wanted to start...
  15. Rat Behavior
    My rat (bingo) was making some weird clicking noise earlier, and I'm not sure why. He's stopped now but I'm still worried if its normal or not. I would send a video but I'm not sure how.
  16. General Rat Topics
    hello! this is my first time on this website. i got it to ask you all a question about my rats (obviously. i recently got two female dumbo rats that are each about 6 weeks old. i have one (scar) that is blue grey and is calm, yet likes exploring. the other one (cookie) , however, is white with...
  17. Rat Behavior
    I rescued two 6 month PEW boys this past Sunday, Herbert and Edgar, And they keep Biting. Each time I've offered my fingers for them to smell, they attempt to bite at me and have gotten me twice both drawing blood. They've accepted food, but have been extremely skittish and are mostly hiding in...
  18. Rat Behavior
    Hello, A few months ago I got 2 male rats ( Poe and Lychee) from a breeder. Everything has been great with the two boys and they are friendly and are still scared of me but have been warming up and starting to let me pet them and they’ll run onto me now. I thought things were going really well...
  19. Rat Behavior
    So I just got a new baby yesterday. He's a standard rat, 1 month old. I've had rats before but this just makes my heart swell and I'm pretty in love with this behavior if it's normal lol. So Echo is ALWAYS kissing. Like kicking my hands cheeks fingers. Not only me but my fiance and anyone else...
  20. Rat Behavior
    Hi all, We have a male rat ~ 3months old, we let him out his cage regularly for a couple of hours daily and try to handle him in this time. In general he doesnt like being handled e.g. will get suspicious of strokes and generally wriggle backwards from hands but i think we're making small...
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